Who's hot right now? What's trending? Who's the game-changer? Front-runner? Paradigm-shifter? Leading Innovator/Expert/Entrepreneur? What will make my resume pop? How can I distinguish myself in the workplace/classroom/community? Am I Ivy League? Top tier? Avant-garde? How am I different? Fresh? Eye-catching? How many likes did that get? What's my legacy? Does this sermon blurb outdo my last one??? In our 21st-century historical moment of personal media platforms, startup pitches, impacted majors, and political pyrotechnics, "Distinguish yourself!" has quickly become one of our national anthems. As we close out our "Arise and Build" series with the last three chapters of Nehemiah, we will discover that in our mad scramble to sparkle, we might just be missing one of the richest gifts God has to offer: the extraordinary beauty of the ordinary.
James
